Package com.avpkit.core.demos

Class CaptureScreenToFile

  • public class CaptureScreenToFile
extends java.lang.Object
    This demonstration application shows how to use AVPKit and Java to take snapshots of your screen and encode them in a video.

    You can find the original code here .

    Author:
    Denis Zgonjanin, aclarke

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      CaptureScreenToFile​(java.lang.String outFile)
      Create the demonstration object with lots of defaults.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      void closeStreams()
      Close out the file we're currently working on.
      static java.awt.image.BufferedImage convertToType​(java.awt.image.BufferedImage sourceImage, int targetType)
      Convert a BufferedImage of any type, to BufferedImage of a specified type.
      void encodeImage​(java.awt.image.BufferedImage originalImage)
      Encode the given image to the file and increment our time stamp.
      static void main​(java.lang.String[] args)
      Takes up to one argument, which just gives a file name to encode as.
      java.awt.image.BufferedImage takeSingleSnapshot()
      Use the AWT robot to take a snapshot of the current screen.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Constructor Detail

      • CaptureScreenToFile

        public CaptureScreenToFile​(java.lang.String outFile)
        Create the demonstration object with lots of defaults. Throws an exception if we can't get the screen or open the file.
        Parameters:
        outFile - File to write to.

    • Method Detail

      • main

        public static void main​(java.lang.String[] args)
        Takes up to one argument, which just gives a file name to encode as. We guess which video codec to use based on the filename.
        Parameters:
        args - The filename to write to.

      • encodeImage

        public void encodeImage​(java.awt.image.BufferedImage originalImage)
        Encode the given image to the file and increment our time stamp.
        Parameters:
        originalImage - an image of the screen.

      • closeStreams

        public void closeStreams()
        Close out the file we're currently working on.

      • takeSingleSnapshot

        public java.awt.image.BufferedImage takeSingleSnapshot()
        Use the AWT robot to take a snapshot of the current screen.
        Returns:
        a picture of the desktop

      • convertToType

        public static java.awt.image.BufferedImage convertToType​(java.awt.image.BufferedImage sourceImage,
                                                         int targetType)
        Convert a BufferedImage of any type, to BufferedImage of a specified type. If the source image is the same type as the target type, then original image is returned, otherwise new image of the correct type is created and the content of the source image is copied into the new image.
        Parameters:
        sourceImage - the image to be converted
        targetType - the desired BufferedImage type
        Returns:
        a BufferedImage of the specifed target type.
        See Also:
        BufferedImage